Empirical data from interviews with 226 cattle traders – dry season.

*The numbers of traders purchasing from, and selling to, different locations over the dry season are shown. The proportion of the total number of traders interviewed is given in brackets as a percentage. Markets and herds located outside of the study zone, the Savannah Region, are referred to as “Other Togo markets” and “Other Togo herds”, respectively. No butchers were located outside of the Savannah Region.°The minimum and maximum numbers of cattle purchased and sold in these locations are presented for the dry season, expressed in brackets as percentages of the average number of cattle purchased or sold.+This is the median value of the proportion of each trader’s purchases or sales taking place in the given locations, expressed as a percentage. The interquartile range (IQR) is given in brackets. Traders that did not purchase in a given location were excluded.